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Farewell, Nikola! – ebook
Guy Boothby
This is the last of Dr. Nicholas Boothby’s novels staged in Venice, Italy. Nicola tells the story of her sad life, demonstrates her mystical ability to help people test themselves in another place and time, turns a man into a beast and leaves his palace in Venice, which has a bloody history, but it remains in the minds of those who met him.Data dostępności:
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Celebrated Crimes – ebook
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas tries to be as accurate and truthful as possible. The book sets out a detailed history of three real crimes. And despite the documentary, the story turned out to be dramatic and interesting. Investigating the topic of crime and punishment, the writer moves freely in time and space. The reader then gets into Italy of the Renaissance, then in France at the beginning of the XIX century. The fates...Data dostępności:
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The Spy Paramount – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A wonderful old fashioned spy story set in the 1930’s. Like other Oppenheim romances of diplomacy, intrigue and espionage, this latest one poses a critical situation in the relationships of European powers which threatens the immediate out-break of war. „The Spy Paramount” takes us to Rome, 1934. American Martin Fawley, a former secret service agent, is recruited as a spy by General Berati, the most...Data dostępności:
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The Interloper – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Oppenheim was famous for his hundreds of spy and espionage novels. This is not one of them. It’s billed as a novel of social intrigue and as a story of revenge without violence and moves quickly. Duke Henry Chatfield with his family, and family lawyer Sir Stephen are riding through central Italy when the car breaks down in Pellini, where, 20 years earlier, the Duke’s brother had a mistress and illegitimate...Data dostępności:
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The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
„The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown” is an 1896 novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Following the apparent murder of a man, a novelist comes under suspicion. Very enjoyable period piece with lovely descriptions and intense love between hero and heroine. He has to clear his name, as main suspect in a murder and he had sworn revenge and had taken an assumed name. Flashbacks to Italy. Full...Data dostępności:
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The Sign of the Black Ace – ebook
Edgar Wallace
The Companions of the Ace High are a group of aviators, each of whom has his own reason to hate Germans. The group’s founder, Dexter, whose wife was driven mad when a German submarine attacked a liner on which she was travelling, dedicates himself to the destruction of Germany. He uses his wealth to establish a base of operations in the small republic of San Romino on the northern border of Italy....Data dostępności:
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The Ebony Stick – ebook
Earl Derr Biggers
No sooner had Bob from the Silver Star ranch reached Italy than a telegram arrived asking for $1,000. A pretty woman was behind it, but that wasn’t all. This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1916. „The Ebony Stick” is one of Biggers shorter stories, published after his death. The son of Robert J. and Emma E. (Derr) Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio, and...Data dostępności:
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Chrysis – ebook
Eneasz Sylwiusz Piccolomini
Pierwsze polskie tłumaczenie nowołacińskiej komedii „Chrysis” autorstwa Eneasza Sylwiusza Piccolominiego (późniejszego papieża Piusa II), dokonane przez Ewę Skwarę. Znakomity przykład komedii humanistycznej, która powstała w XV-wiecznej Italii jako wyraz imitacji i twórczego współzawodnictwa z utworami Plauta i Terencjusza. Pełne opracowanie naukowe przeznaczone dla badaczy humanizmu renesansowego,...Data dostępności:
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Towianizm – ebook
Ewa Hoffmann-Piotrowska Karol Samsel
Tom zawiera studia dotyczące towianizmu i procesu recepcji tego zjawiska w kulturze polskiej (aż po współczesność), a także poza jej obrębem, przede wszystkim we Włoszech. Został podzielony na trzy części: pierwsza koncentruje się wokół towianizmu jako zjawiska światopoglądowego i filozoficzno-religijnego, druga jest poświęcona recepcji współczesnych Mistrza Andrzeja, trzecia natomiast – wpływowi towianizmu...Data dostępności:
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Daisy Miller – ebook
Henry James
A short story which deals, as many other novels by James, with the changing role of women in Society and the differences that begun to arise between the old stiff Europe and the America at the end of the XIXth century. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness,...Data dostępności:
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